MANILA, Philippines — A simple man who was never choosy about clothes to wear that he even at times would wear shirts with holes.
This was how former Malacaang Media Relations Office Assistant Secretary Paulo Espiritu remembered late President Benigno S. Aquino III, who is more popularly known as Noynoy or PNoy.
Espiritu cited for instance a briefing during the Zamboanga siege where Aquino faced them in his white t-shirt, shorts, and rubber slippers.
“Simple lang talaga siya. Hindi siya [maarte] sa damit. Siyempre matataas na tao sila pero minsan makikita mo ang presidente bakit ganto lang manamit? For example may isang photo na lumabas sa Zamboanga siege na nagb-briefing …
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